Adewale Maja-Pearce
Biographic Data
| ID | 225810 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adewale Maja-Pearce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adewale |
| FAMILY NAME | Maja-Pearce |
| SIGNATURE | MAJA-PEARCE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Popular Front for the Liberation of 20 million ecus
A recent meeting in Brussels, convened under the auspices of the European Commission, concluded that a newly-created fund to help the press in Africa was best administered from Europe
The Heinemann Book of African Poetry in English
P. Clark Bekederemo (Nigeria)Syl Cheney-Coker (Sierra Leone)Arthur Nortje (South Africa)Steve Chimombo (Malawi)Jack Mapanje (Malawi)Kojo Laing (Ghana)Niyi Osundare (Nigeria)Lupenga Mphande (Malawi)Tanure Ojaide (Nigeria)Musaemura Zimunya (Zimbabwe)Frank Chiapsula (Malawi)Molara Ogundipe-Leslie (Nigeria)Odia Ofeimun (Nigeria)Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (Nigeria)Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe)Gabriel Gbadamosi (Ireland/Nigeria)Biographical NotesSome anth…
Reading Chinua Achebe: Language and Ideology in Fiction
Simon Gikandi has set out to reveal '...the very nature of (Achebe's) creativity, its prodigious complexity and richness...its paradoxes and ambiguities. This is scholarship of real stature and supersedes all other studies of Achebe's writing. It comes at a good time. Achebe's literary reputation is equal to that of any living author and a substantial critical canon has been established. - G.D. Killam, Professor of English, University of Guelph K…
Who's Afraid of Wole Soyinka? Essays on Censorship
Adewale Maja-Pearce analyzes contemporary African politics and society with absolute candor in these essays. Drawing on first-hand observations, and on conversations with journalists, intellectuals, students, artists, taxi drivers, and businessmen, he exposes the abuse of human rights by African governments, and celebrates the courage of those individuals who stand up to tyranny
The Heinemann Book of African Poetry in English
Whoʼs afraid of Wole Soyinka: Essays on Censorship
The Naipauls on Africa: An African View
Cultural Half-Castes
Reading Chinua Achebe: Language and Ideology in Fiction
Simon Gikandi has set out to reveal '...the very nature of (Achebe's) creativity, its prodigious complexity and richness...its paradoxes and ambiguities. This is scholarship of real stature and supersedes all other studies of Achebe's writing. It comes at a good time. Achebe's literary reputation is equal to that of any living author and a substantial critical canon has been established. - G.D. Killam, Professor of English, University of Guelph K…
Who's Afraid of Wole Soyinka? Essays on Censorship
Adewale Maja-Pearce analyzes contemporary African politics and society with absolute candor in these essays. Drawing on first-hand observations, and on conversations with journalists, intellectuals, students, artists, taxi drivers, and businessmen, he exposes the abuse of human rights by African governments, and celebrates the courage of those individuals who stand up to tyranny
The Heinemann Book of African Poetry in English
The Naipauls on Africa: An African View
Cultural Half-Castes
The Naipauls on Africa: An African View
Cultural Half-Castes
Whoʼs afraid of Wole Soyinka: Essays on Censorship
Who's Afraid of Wole Soyinka? Essays on Censorship
Adewale Maja-Pearce analyzes contemporary African politics and society with absolute candor in these essays. Drawing on first-hand observations, and on conversations with journalists, intellectuals, students, artists, taxi drivers, and businessmen, he exposes the abuse of human rights by African governments, and celebrates the courage of those individuals who stand up to tyranny
The Heinemann Book of African Poetry in English
The Popular Front for the Liberation of 20 million ecus
A recent meeting in Brussels, convened under the auspices of the European Commission, concluded that a newly-created fund to help the press in Africa was best administered from Europe
The Heinemann Book of African Poetry in English
P. Clark Bekederemo (Nigeria)Syl Cheney-Coker (Sierra Leone)Arthur Nortje (South Africa)Steve Chimombo (Malawi)Jack Mapanje (Malawi)Kojo Laing (Ghana)Niyi Osundare (Nigeria)Lupenga Mphande (Malawi)Tanure Ojaide (Nigeria)Musaemura Zimunya (Zimbabwe)Frank Chiapsula (Malawi)Molara Ogundipe-Leslie (Nigeria)Odia Ofeimun (Nigeria)Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (Nigeria)Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe)Gabriel Gbadamosi (Ireland/Nigeria)Biographical NotesSome anth…
Reading Chinua Achebe: Language and Ideology in Fiction
Simon Gikandi has set out to reveal '...the very nature of (Achebe's) creativity, its prodigious complexity and richness...its paradoxes and ambiguities. This is scholarship of real stature and supersedes all other studies of Achebe's writing. It comes at a good time. Achebe's literary reputation is equal to that of any living author and a substantial critical canon has been established. - G.D. Killam, Professor of English, University of Guelph K…
Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)